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Commissioned artists in CC´s ´Connectivity´ symposium to speak March 29

March 07, 2006

For immediate release – March 7, 2006 Contact: Nina Lentini (860) 439-2505; nina.lentini@conncoll.edu

Commissioned artists in Connecticut College's 'Connectivity' symposium to speak on March 29

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Commissioned artists participating in the Connecticut College Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology's 10th biennial symposium will talk about their multimedia installations and performance on Wednesday, March 29, from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Cummings Arts Center Galleries.

This event is free and open to the public. The symposium, "Connectivity," will take place from March 30 to April 1.

The installations are:

• "Kepesian Visualization: Interacting with Earth Data," a multi-user game installation focusing on the concept of persistent worlds and audience interaction with geophysical data by artist Gloria Brown-Simmons and computer scientist Falko Kuester from Calit2, Center of Gravity, University of California at Irvine

• "Origin, Location, Direction," an interactive sound and image installation exploring the dependent relationships between the observer and the observed by computer scientist and musician Roger Dannenberg of Carnegie Mellon University and visual artist Barbara Bernstein of Yale.

The performance is:

• "The Integrated Girl," a media-enriched performance exploring changing representations of the body, creativity and perception. The project was created by the Palindrome Intermedia Performance Group of Germany, represented by computer scientist Frieder Weiss, dancer Emily Hernandez and composer Dan Hosken of California State University, Northridge.

Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 42 states and 41 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 84-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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